Improved lozenge-machine



C. A. OEHL. Lum-:NGE MACHINE.

190.99937. Patented Peb. 15, 1879.

ilniwi ,Stairs CHARLES A. OEHL, 0F PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Letters .Paten-t No. 99,937, dated February 15, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0I the same.

To all whom it mag/concern.-

' Be it known that I, CHARLES A. OEHL, of the city of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lozenge-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a fulland exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure lis a section.

Figure 2 is a front view. l

Figure 3 is a top or dbirds-eye view.

This invention consistsof a machine containing a combination of devices, by means of which lozengedough or paste is printed upgn, aud carried forward without stoppage on an endlessapron (passing over rollers) beneath a perforated critter, which stamps the lozerges'fr'om the dough or paste. The printed lozenges rising through the perforations in the-cutter, fall over: an inclined plane or trough into a vessel prepared for their reception, while the wastage from the cutter continues its 'transit with the endless apron until it falls into a reservoir, whence it is taken to be r'ekncaded with the rest of therpaste or dough.

To enable others skilled in the artl to understand and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe thev mannerzin which the same is or may be carried into eeet.

By reference to the accompanying drawings it will be seen that- R is a frame-work, holding the machinery 'in situ.

a is a pulley, to which the power is applied.

b is a fly-wheel.

c isa cam, .for working the cutter-bar h.

d is the main shaft,

ll are rollers, holding the endless apron g, which conveys the paste.

m is a pitrnan, which operates the arm n and pawl o, taking the ratchet P to feed forward the paste or dough on-the apron under the cutter-bar h and cuttersit'.'

`It is a cleaning bar or plate, made' of sheetmetal, with holes, to clean the cutters.

f is-the yoke of the cutter-bar.

u is a spring, to support the weight of the roller` above it.

i s is a revolving printing-cylinder set with type, for the purpose of imprinting upon the sheet of dough, as it passes beneath it, whatever design or letters it is designed to represent upon the lozenges.

t t are coloring rollers, so arranged that the types upon the printing-cylinder may receive from them the colors necessaryto he imprinted on the lozenges.

Passing under the printing cylinderthe sheet of dough moves on, and the lozengcs being cut corne out at the tops of the cutters, and slide down upon the iuclinedplate or trough :c to a board or apron provided for their reception, while the waste or remnants of paste fall down v1:0 y, and are carried backto be incorporated with the'mass of uncut paste.

Having thus described the various parts of this machine,- I will now explain its operation.

The vprepared paste or dough is placed upon the apron g, at its highest end, which carries it forward beneath the printing-cylinder s; this, revolving its types in contact. with the ink or color-rollers tt, inrprints upon the sheet of dough whatever lettering,

border, or design the manufactured lozenges are designed to bear. The printed sheet of paste continues its passage, with the endless apron, between the cntter-bar h and the cutters t' t', which stamp it into the proper size and shape. The cut lozenges are pushed up by their successors from beneath through the openings at t, and pass down the inclined planexto their properreceptacle, while the wastage continues its journey with the endless apron to y, where it falls into a reservoir. y

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for cutting lczenges, crackers, 85o., the combination of a printing-cylinder-and inkingrollers, for the purpose of printing the design upon the sheet or paste.bef`ore passing it to the cutters.

2. The inclined plane or trough, in combination with the cutter-bar or cutters, as and for the purpose 'described.

3. The combination of the printing-cylinder with the inclined trough and cutters, so arranged and geared as to .have consecutive and reciprocating motion, as and for the purpose setffortlr.

4, The arrangement of tbe belt and inclined trough, whereby the separation of the lozenge and waste is effected.

C. A. OEHL.

Witnesses z GEORGE WILLIAMSON, QHAnLEs Benennung. 

